ZHANG Yujie 1,2,3 , YIN Wenqiang 1,2,3 , YAN Yu 1,2,3 , SUN Yan 1,2,3 , LI Cuiyu 1,2,3 , MENG Cuixiang 2,3,4 , ZHANG Tiantian 2,3,4 , CHEN Zhongming 1,2,3
  • 1. School of Management Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261053, P.R.China;
  • 2. "Health Shandong" Severe Social Risk Prevention and Management Synergy Innovation Center, Weifang 261053, P.R.China;
  • 3. Collaborative Innovation Center of Social Risks Governance in Health, Shanghai 200032, P.R.China;
  • 4. School of Public Health Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261053, P.R.China;
YIN Wenqiang, Email: yinwq1969@126.com
China; Primary health care institution; First consultation; Willingness; Meta-analysis; Systematic review; Cross-sectional study
10.7507/1672-2531.202103039
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Objective To systematically review the willingness rate of the first consultation in primary health care institutions among Chinese residents.Methods CNKI, WanFang Data, VIP, PubMed, Web of Science and EMbase databases were electronically searched to collect cross-sectional studies on the willingness rate of the first consultation in primary health care institutions of residents in China from January 2006 to November 2020. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies; meta-analysis was then performed using Stata 14.1 software.Results A total of 26 cross-sectional studies involving 36 430 subjects were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that the willingness rate of Chinese residents for the first consultation in primary health care institutions was 61.4% (95%CI 54.5% to 68.3%). The results of subgroup analysis showed that for the willingness rates of the first treatment at the grassroots level in male and female residents were 65.6% and 64.9%; urban and rural residents were 49.9% and 58.9%; <60 and ≥60 years old residents were 60.5% and 71.6%; primary school and below, junior high school, high school or technical secondary school, junior college or above educational level residents were 72.8%, 68.1%, 64.2%, and 52.8%; employees, residents, and other types of insurance residents were 74.1%, 75.9%, and 64.4%; residents with monthly income <3 000, 3 000-5 000, and >5 000 yuan were 65.8%, 65.3%, and 58.5%; high, medium, and poor levels of health status residents were 56.8%, 52.6%, and 48.8%; with and without chronic diseases residents were 61.0% and 56.9%; with and without spouse residents were 63.9% and 64.6%; with and without contracted family doctor residents were 87.1% and 62.6%; on duty, retired, and other employment status residents were 70.7%, 69.9% and 71.5%; primary medical institutions residents those were satisfied, average, and dissatisfied were 77.3%, 60.7%, and 49.4%.Conclusions Current evidence suggests that it remains room for improvement in the level of willingness of Chinese residents for first consultation in primary health care institutions. Residence, age, educational level, type of medical insurance, income level, health level, family doctors contracted status, and satisfaction with primary medical institutions have an impact on residents' willingness to receive first treatment at primary hospitals. Due to limited quality and quantity of the included studies, more high quality studies are needed to verify above conclusions.

Citation： ZHANG Yujie, YIN Wenqiang, YAN Yu, SUN Yan, LI Cuiyu, MENG Cuixiang, ZHANG Tiantian, CHEN Zhongming. The willingness of the first consultation in primary health care institutions of the residents in China: a meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2021, 21(7): 796-802. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202103039 Copy

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